How To Use pinnace In A Sentence
- “The pinnace is all busted up and rigged for river work and the sledge is a pain in the arse to drag,” said Hickey. The Terror
- Jacobz in command of our pinnace manned with 4 musketeers and 6 rowers, all of them furnished with pikes and side arms together with the cockboat of the _Zeehaen_, with one of her second mates and six musketeers in it, to a bay situated N.W. of us at upwards of a mile's distance in order to ascertain what facilities (as regards fresh water, refreshments, timber and the like) may be available there. A Source Book of Australian History
- In the middle the open water of the fairway is crowded with pinnaces, jolly-boats, cutters, and pleasure steamers.
- An 'I'd ha' done it, too, only the pinnace from the flagship was just comin 'alongside. A WINNER OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
- The name pinnace was applied to vessels having a wide range in tonnage, etc., from a craft of hardly more than ten or fifteen tons to one of sixty or eighty. The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete
- What shall we call the pinnace when she is launched, Mistress White? Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims
- When about 50 yards from the shore the pinnaces cast off, leaving the boats to be rowed to the beach by their naval crews, under covering fire from the warships.
- They range from gaff rigs, Clyde Silver yachts and even a Custom's Pinnace.
- The pinnace was a big, roomy, and rather heavy boat, pulling ten oars, double banked, and mounting a nine-pounder gun in her bows. The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast
- Jump point transits were rough on the crews of small ships like frigates, corvettes, and pinnaces.
